The Big-Hearted Radish

Tang San stood behind the crowd, his hands clenched into tight fists, his nails nearly piercing his palms.

His eyes, originally clear and blue, now burned with an undisguised jealousy and resentment.

Why?

Why were those women able to make the list?

Why were they able to become level 89 Spirit Douluos?

He was clearly the Child of Destiny! He had twin spirits! He had the Mysterious Heaven Skill and the secret techniques of the Tang Sect!

Yet now, he was being trampled underfoot by a group of women he had never even considered worthy of his attention!

Those women were the same age as him, perhaps even younger, yet they already stood at a height he could not reach!

What made it even harder for him to accept was that Brother Cao.

These women on the list all spoke of wanting to find Brother Cao!

The tenderness, the adoration, and the attachment in their eyes stirred an indescribable jealousy in Tang San's heart.

He wanted to be that kind of person too!

He wanted to be looked up to and worshipped by others!

"Cao..." Tang San muttered, a cold glint flashing in his eyes. "One day, I will surpass you."

Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong wore inexplicably strange expressions.

They couldn't help but look at Zhu Zhuqing, knowing that the Zhu Zhuyun who had made the list was Zhu Zhuqing's own sister.

Zhu Zhuqing's face was a picture of complex emotions.

Her cold, stunningly beautiful face now held a hint of surprise, a touch of relief, and a measure of... indescribable complexity.

Zhu Zhuyun... her sister had made the list.

So, her sister was also...

How awkward would it be when she eventually made the list herself!

Brother Cao was truly a massive, unfaithful flirt!

Dai Mubai's mood was the most complicated of all; he was shocked and angry, yet carried a hint of indescribable secret joy.

Zhu Zhuyun had actually made the Genius List!

The woman he had never looked at properly, the woman he had viewed merely as a tool for a political marriage, was actually such a terrifying existence!

What brought him joy was that Zhu Zhuyun had broken ties with the Zhu family! She had broken ties with Dai Weisi!

What did this mean?

It meant Dai Weisi's marriage alliance had fallen through!

It meant Dai Weisi had lost the support of a level 89 Spirit Douluo!

It meant that in the future struggle for the throne, his own chances of winning had greatly increased!

The corners of Dai Mubai's mouth curled up slightly, a triumphant light flashing in his eyes.

Although he hadn't made the list himself, Zhu Zhuyun's defection was, to him, the best news imaginable!

"Boss Dai, what are you smiling about?" Oscar asked curiously.

"Nothing, nothing." Dai Mubai quickly reined in his smile, putting on a serious expression. "I was just thinking that this Genius List is incredible, and we need to work harder on our cultivation."

Just as everyone was lost in their own thoughts:

"BOOM!"

Golden light erupted once again from the sky!

[Genius List, 11th place: Zhu Zhuqing.]

[Identity: Star Luo Empire Zhu family, Shrek student.]

[Strength: Level 89 Spirit Douluo.]

[Technique: Yin-Yang Reincarnation Technique.]

[Reward: All spirit ring ages increased by 3,000 years.]

"Level 89 again! The Yin-Yang Reincarnation Technique again!"

"That's the fifth one! This is the fifth one!"

"My god, just how many people has this Brother Cao cultivated?"

"They're all young, beautiful women; this technique is definitely not proper!"

"Shut your mouth! If you dare say they aren't proper, they'll slap you to death!"

The golden pillar of light descended from the sky, precisely enveloping the slender, black-clad figure in the crowd.

In Zhu Zhuqing's typically cold eyes, a faint sense of relief now emerged.

Finally, finally she didn't have to hide anymore.

The expressions on the faces of the Shrek Seven Devils were, at this moment, nothing short of spectacular.

Dai Mubai was stunned!

He stood there blankly, his mouth hanging wide open.

He stared fixedly at the figure bathed in golden light, his mind a complete blank.

Just a moment ago... just a moment ago, he had been secretly rejoicing over Zhu Zhuyun's defection, thinking that Dai Weisi had lost an eighty-ninth-level asset and that his own chances of winning had greatly increased...

Yet, in the blink of an eye, retribution had arrived.

And it had come so quickly, so ruthlessly.

Zhu Zhuqing! His fiancée!

She had actually cultivated that improper Yin-Yang Reincarnation Technique as well!

Was she... also going to go find that Brother Cao?

An indescribable surge of rage and humiliation welled up from the bottom of Dai Mubai's heart, instantly turning his eyes blood-red!

"Zhuqing!"

He took a fierce step forward, his handsome face now twisted like a vengeful ghost.

"You... you also cultivated that improper technique? You... you are simply shameless!"

"You are just like those other women, all of you have been... by that Brother Cao... you... you all..."

"Despicable!"

He could not continue, for Zhu Zhuqing had already slowly opened her eyes.

Those eyes were as cold and detached as ever, perhaps even colder than before.

She looked at Dai Mubai, her gaze like that of someone looking at a clown, indifferent and devoid of any warmth.

"Are you finished?"

Dai Mubai froze.

Then, he felt a force like a surging tide slam violently into his chest!

"BANG!!!"

A black afterimage streaked by, and Dai Mubai's sturdy frame was sent flying backward like a kite with a broken string, kicked over ten yards away until he smashed heavily into the railing at the edge of the training grounds, shattering the solid wooden fence into splinters!

"You can say whatever you want about me, but you cannot speak ill of Brother Cao."

"I am afraid Brother Cao might misunderstand!"

"Pfft!"

Dai Mubai spat out a mouthful of blood, collapsing amidst the wood shavings, his eyes filled with disbelief and humiliation.

Zhu Zhuqing slowly retracted her long, slender leg, not even sparing Dai Mubai another glance.

"Coward."

She spat out the word faintly, her voice as cold as ice.

"When you abandoned me to run away alone back then, why didn't you think about whether you were qualified to be my man?"

She raised her head to look at the sky, a trace of tenderness appearing in her eyes.

"Brother Cao... is worth more than you, even down to a single hair."

The entire arena fell into a deathly silence!

Ma Hongjun stood there with his mouth agape, his chubby face filled with disbelief.

He looked at the kicked-away Dai Mubai, then at Zhu Zhuqing, and finally at himself, feeling as though his brain could not process what was happening.

"We... among the Shrek Seven Devils, someone else made the list?" he muttered. "And she was hiding it so well? An eighty-ninth-level Soul Douluo?! Oh my god, when we were training together all those times, was she just playing with us?"

Oscar was also filled with shock. He stole a glance at Ning Rongrong beside him, a terrifying guess rising in his heart: could Rongrong also be...?

Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong exchanged a look, their expressions subtle, but neither spoke.

"This... this..." Flender stammered, not knowing what to say.

As for Yu Xiaogang, he suddenly sprang up from his stone bench as if he had been injected with adrenaline!

He stumbled toward Zhu Zhuqing, his pale face filled with fanatical excitement and longing!

"Zhuqing! Student Zhu Zhuqing!"

His voice was trembling and shrill, completely devoid of his usual "Grandmaster" demeanor.

"You know that Brother Cao, don't you? Can you introduce me to him?"

"I want to meet him! I want to seek his guidance! The Yin-Yang Reincarnation Technique! That must be a top-tier technique that transcends all theory! As long as I can receive his pointers, my theories will surely be proven! My name, Yu Xiaogang, will go down in history!"

The more he spoke, the more excited he became, his eyes flashing with a near-maniacal light.